CVE-2026-57826 (GCVE-0-2026-57826)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 00:00 – Updated: 2026-08-19 18:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue was discovered in openHiTLS 0.2.0 through 0.3.2. In the X.509 certificate chain verification, the basic constraints extension and CA flag processing of intermediate CAs are only verified for v3 certificates, and v1/v2 certificates are ignored.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-19 18:27 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
References
6 references
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